Ketanji Brown Jackson Says Her Faith Sustains Her But Won’t Impede Judgments On Supreme Court

U.S. President Joseph R. Biden Jr. congratulates Ketanji Brown Jackson moments after the U.S. Senate confirmed her to be the first Black woman to be a justice on the Supreme Court. They are shown in the Roosevelt Room at the White House on April 7, 2022, in Washington, DC. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Ketanji Brown Jackson, who will become the first Black woman to serve on the United States Supreme Court after winning Senate confirmation in a 53-to-47 vote on April 7, refused to get trapped in a discussion on religion during the hearings.

The judge, who will replace retiring Associate Justice Stephen G. Breyer, artfully skirted the prodding of Senator Lindsey Graham, a South Carolina Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee.